#55 Fierce Compassion - with Roshi Joan Halifax & Jerry Colonna

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work." - Mary Oliver In this episode Jerry Colonna is joined by Roshi Joan Halifax, a Buddhist teacher, Zen teacher and anthropologist. Jerry first met Roshi Joan a few years ago when she was presenting on her G.R.A.C.E. model, a process for cultivating compassion in leaders and applicable to anyone looking to cultivate practicing compassion in their lives. Throughout the episode Jerry and Roshi Joan discuss how leaders can learn to best allocate their attention, the pitfalls of pathological altruism, and how practicing compassion is the cornerstone to wise leadership. Links Roshi Joan Halifax on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jhalifax Upaya Zen Center - https://www.upaya.org When Things Fall Apart - http://a.co/edOQ1a7